The death toll climbed to 16 yesterday in Kenya after Wednesday’s nationwide protests over government corruption and police ...

While prisoners can often become gravely ill from lengthy protests, it is not common for a hunger strike to result in death. Here are a few: In 2020, Moustafa Kassem, a dual Egyptian-American ...

Jan. 25 (UPI) --Iranian women activists went on a hunger strike Thursday in protest of the execution of 23-year-old Mohammad Ghobadlou. Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi made ...

Amnesty International has condemned the planned mass trial of hundreds of protesters arrested during the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests held between August 1 to 10, 2024. In a statement ...

The nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance has faced a setback in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. This is due to the actions of security agencies, accompanied by individuals ...

Cynthia Nixon, known for playing Miranda in "Sex in the City," says her son is on a hunger strike over the conflict in Gaza.

More than 700 prisoners are staging the largest hunger strike in Bahrain’s history, catalyzing rare street protests and raising concerns in Washington about stability in a key Persian Gulf ally.

The state has been racked by the world’s longest war on militancy, which has left millions displaced and hungry. More than 300 protesters were arrested and curfews were imposed in five northern ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo said Monday that he was beginning a hunger strike in protest of the start of an oral trial against him for the alleged crime of rebellion.